Building & Construction News

Construction of R300m water treatment plant to serve Mthatha under way

• 28-01-2026
• Daily Dispatch

While ensuring everyone has access to clean water remains a challenge, the OR Tambo District Municipality is spending about R300m on the construction of another water treatment plant to augment the water supply to Mthatha, Libode, Ngqeleni and nei...

Upgrades to Polokwane taxi rank delayed for months

• 28-01-2026
• Ground Up

Polokwane municipality says R36-million project will be completed by March 2026

Taxi operators in Polokwane are demanding that upgrades at the Indian Centre taxi rank in the city centre be completed.

Construction at the...

New school breaks ground inside Seaton commercial precinct

• 28-01-2026
• North Coast Courier

The 25-hectare campus is located on the seaward side of the N2, between the Seaton and Lalela estates.

Seaton House School has broken ground, promising a world-class campus by January 2027.

Earthworks are now under way inside t...

Pothole-riddled roads exceed lifespans and require resurfacing

• 28-01-2026
• Pretoria Rekord

According to the metro, once roads exceed their intended lifespan, deterioration accelerates rapidly, resulting in repeated pothole formation even after pothole repairs.

Ageing road infrastructure in the east of Pretoria fuels the growin...

South Africa’s new smart city takes shape

• 27-01-2026
• East Coast Radio Website

A planned smart city in South Africa is steadily becoming reality, with major infrastructure, industry and community spaces coming together.

A planned smart city development in Stellenbosch is beginning to take physical shape, with early...

Sanral begins excavation on N2 stretch in anticipation of repair work

• 27-01-2026
• Cape Times

Repairs to the N2 between Izingolweni and Harding in KwaZulu-Natal are set to start.

Over the weekend, the South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited (Sanral) announced that it has started excavating a portion of the damaged section...

Hendrik Potgieter Road reopened after sinkhole repair

• 27-01-2026
• Roodepoort Record

The repair brings an end to the long wait that daily commuters on the road had to endure.

Motorists can once again travel freely along Hendrik Potgieter Road near Hillfox Value Centre after a sinkhole in the area was fully repaired and t...

M13 on-ramp to be closed

• 27-01-2026
• Cape Argus

Durban — The M13 on-ramp on the N3 from the Duncan Barrett Road underpass will have lane closures from Monday until April 5 between 8pm and 4.30am.

The South African National Roads Agency announced that this was to facilitate the p...

16 Gauteng school projects delayed over site approval issues

• 26-01-2026
• Sowetan

Municipalities’ ‘ridiculous’ demands stall school projects

The Gauteng department of education has accused municipalities across the province of demanding favours, such as the construction of traffic lights and contribu...

Fairy tale of the R8.3-billion smart city next to the Kruger Park

• 26-01-2026
• My Broadband

Five years after construction was meant to begin on Mpumalanga’s first post-apartheid city, the R8-billion site of Nkosi City remains empty, save for a lone, rugged ring road.

Set to be built close to the Western border of the Krug...